Cloquet vs Scanlon

A side-by-side comparison of Cloquet and Scanlon: population, income, housing, and more.

Cloquet and Scanlon are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cloquet has the higher population (12,582 vs 1,087 in Scanlon). Scanlon has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $63,854 in Cloquet). Scanlon has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $200,100 in Cloquet).

Population, income & housing

	Cloquet	Scanlon
Population	12,582	1,087
Median age	36.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,854	$75,833
Median home value	$200,100	$221,500
Median gross rent	$978	$1,550
Housing units	5,672	479
Homeownership rate	64.7%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloquet	Scanlon
Population	12,005 → 12,582 (+4.8%)	1,181 → 1,087 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$54,065 → $63,854 (+18.1%)	$67,560 → $75,833 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$142,700 → $200,100 (+40.2%)	$149,300 → $221,500 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $978 (+28.5%)	$1,224 → $1,550 (+26.6%)

Cloquet

Population

12,00512,582

Median household income

$54,065$63,854

Median home value

$142,700$200,100

Median gross rent

$761$978

Scanlon

Population

1,1811,087

Median household income

$67,560$75,833

Median home value

$149,300$221,500

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cloquet	Scanlon
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.0%
75 and over	8.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloquet	Scanlon
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	1.7%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.0%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloquet	Scanlon
No high school diploma	9.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	29.1%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloquet	Scanlon
Drove alone	80.8%	87.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloquet	Scanlon
1-unit, detached	71.4%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.8%
20 or more units	8.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cloquet	Scanlon
Poverty rate	13.4%	5.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1962	1959